In an article published in Climate & Capitalism on January 26, Alan Thornett accused critics of the United Nations’ COP28 meetings in Dubai of “leftist posturing.” The left must, he wrote, “recognize the positive role that the UN has played in global warming over the last 35 years.”
“Only governmental action — and action taken by governments prepared to go on a war footing — can make the changes necessary to stop climate change in the limited time we have left, and only the UN COP process has a chance of achieving it.”
The following article was not written as a reply to Thornett, but it could well have been. It was posted as a thread on X (formerly Twitter) on February 7, by Stephen Barlow (@SteB777), who describes himself as a “naturalist, conservationist, environmentalist and nature photographer.” I was not familiar with his views before this, but his critique of the COP-focused approach to stopping climate change is powerful, and to me convincing.
Climate & Capitalism welcomes further debate and discussion on this subject
Ian Angus
https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/02/07/the-cop-illusion-decades-of-hollow-words-and-no-action/
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